Airplanes are still allowed to use leaded gasoline (known as AvGas), and octane ratings of 100 or more are commonly used in super-high-performance piston airplane engines. In the case of AvGas, 100 is the gasoline's performance rating, not the percentage of actual octane in the gas. The...
What communication technology was used during World War 1? Communication Advancements Prior to World War I, communications between those on the battlefield and those elsewhere were rudimentary. Generals would send human and animal messengers. This was a dangerous approach, but during wartime, communicat...
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Bullfighting. This year again, together with Luismi, we went toVic-Fezensacto attend itscorrida concurso(same wording in French) with very strong bulls from different breedings. This year it was especially tough for the bullfighters as it was raining all the morning. Despite that, we saw a...
What airplanes were used in the Battle of Stalingrad? Why was the Battle of Stalingrad fought? Why did the Soviets have the advantage at the Battle of Stalingrad? How did the Battle of Stalingrad affect World War II? Who won the Battle of Kursk? What came first: El Alamein or the Battle...
One of the oldest form of telecommunications is the smoke signal, which has been used across the world for tens of thousands of years to inform about danger, transmit news, or call people to assemble somewhere. Soldiers were stationed along the Great Wall in ancient China, where they would ...
We’re all a little jumpy after the recent arrest of 23 terror suspects in Great Britain. The men were reportedly plotting a liquid-explosive attack on airplanes, and both the press and politicians have been trumpeting the story ever since. ...
Various forms of technology were first used, or found new uses, during the war. Aircraft carriers and various planes (fighters, bombers etc.) became more important than ever, while Hitler’s use of tanks allowed him to take over much of Europe very quickly. Other forms of new technology in...
the aircraft industry realized that the time to construct an airplane got shorter each time the numbers of completed airplanes doubled (Wright1936). Such observations can of course be seen with costs and other efficiency parameters and were also observed in other industries. Today they are a stan...
To prepare for this marathon I followed the same16-week training planI had used in the past. Just before those 16 weeks of the plan, thanks to a running challenge we followed in the company, I cumulated +200km in 4 weeks between mid May and June. Then at the end of August I starte...